The Poetics of Space Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Poetics of Space Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?
(a) The world and its center.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The childhood house.
(d) Nature.

2. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?
(a) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.
(b) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(c) Dates of events are less important than the sense of where they occur.
(d) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.

3. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To protect property.
(b) To create cities.
(c) To shelter daydreaming.
(d) To define boundaries.

4. As explained by the author in "Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes," what value does an image have that a metaphor does not?
(a) Artistic value.
(b) Humanistic value.
(c) Phenomenological value.
(d) Aesthetic value.

5. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) It inspires the poetic spirit.
(b) It represents forgotten memories.
(c) It represents the human need for secrecy and confinement.
(d) It has more to see and experience than an open chest.

6. For the author, what does a casket metaphorically provide?
(a) A finality to mourning.
(b) A barrier against evil.
(c) A chrysalis for new life.
(d) The security of surrounding our inner self at death and burial.

7. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?
(a) Daydream or contemplate.
(b) Build a dream house.
(c) Yearn for the childhood house.
(d) Cherish their own homes.

8. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?
(a) Internalities, that which we say.
(b) Externalities, that which we hear.
(c) Externalities, that which we say.
(d) Internalities, that which we hear.

9. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The sleeping level.
(c) The attic.
(d) Every level.

10. What is a center of order in a house, according to Bachelard?
(a) The wardrobe.
(b) Stairways.
(c) Decorative objects.
(d) The brain.

11. What do poets create, according to Bachelard, to transcend conflicted night dreams?
(a) Poetic daydreams.
(b) New resolutions to nightmares.
(c) Poetic descriptions of the night.
(d) New memories.

12. Who claimed that no man can build a nest as well as a small animal or bird?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) Pare.
(d) Vlaminck.

13. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?
(a) The new house.
(b) The soul.
(c) The imagination.
(d) Poetry.

14. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?
(a) Bachelard.
(b) Bosco.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Baudelaire.

15. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?
(a) Reverberation.
(b) Causality.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bachelard say we experience a house buried in a blanket of snow in what way?

2. What romantic notion does Bachelard dispute?

3. What does Bachelard believe is an antidote for claustrophobia?

4. What is a commitment of the soul according to the author?

5. What is the ability to imagine?

(see the answer keys)

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